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    sdsf parmlib option give member name

    We have the sdsf.parm command today. which lists the datasets in parmlib concatenation.It would be good to be able to issue sdsf.parm IGDSMS00 and it displays __ user.parmlib(IGDSMS00) __ sys1,parmlib(IGDSMS00) so I can then browse/edit it directl...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / SDSF 2 Functionality already exists

    Allow more than 8 coupling facilities to be defined in a CFRM policy

    Currently the maximum CFs per Coupling Facility Resource Management policy is 8. As a large shop we currently have to simultaneously maintain two policies in our production environment (one for prod and one for logical corruption detection/LCD), a...
    3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 2 Functionality already exists

    Adding a capability to Reflect RSU Level or Maintenance(APAR Level)

    Hello Team, Greetings ! As z/OS SysProgs it is often difficult to keep track of maintenance level at which z/OS LPARs are. I was going over IBM Z community discussion and observed one locally developed solution to address this issue. It was done b...
    3 months ago in z/OS / Core Infrastructure 2 Functionality already exists

    XCF_CF_STR_MAXSPACE health check update

    It would be good to update the XCF_CF_STR_MAXSPACE IBM health check so that it displays the current maximum structure space defined in the policy and the current augmented space allocation, when the check is successful. Currently you only see thes...
    4 months ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 2 Functionality already exists

    Add YAML support to ISPF HILITE function

    The increased use of YAML in z/OS, this would be helpful for app programmers and systems programmers.
    4 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Functionality already exists

    ISPF Edit Highlighting for YAML

    YAML will be the configuration language on z/OS from V3R2 going forward. ISPF should highlight this language.
    4 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Functionality already exists

    Dedicated (primary) and shared (secondary) group capping

    As a MFaaS provider, we have had clients request a dedicated baseline of CPU capacity with the option of expanding beyond that baseline capacity as required and available. For example, a client may require 150 MSUs of GP capacity available at all ...
    5 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Capacity Provisioning 1 Functionality already exists

    Allow SDSF to do a SETSYS to any LPAR in any SYSPLEX in your enterprise for commands and displays.

    A User can be Logged on to one SYSTEM and then do a SETSYS to another LPAR in a different or same SYSPLEX and have full SDSF capability with full user access. This would be very useful and beneficial in enabling the user to get to any LPAR rapidly...
    7 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 2 Functionality already exists

    USS Enhanced ASCII automatic conversion support for IBM-1141 and other code pages.

    We would appreciate an enhancement in Unix System Services – Enhanced ASCII automatic conversion – so that it also works for code pages other than IBM-1047, such as IBM-1141. Currently, the following restriction exists: Only the EBCDIC IBM-1047 en...
    7 months ago in z/OS / USS 1 Functionality already exists

    LISTCAT CATALOG to produce CSV output

    Hi, The output of LISTCAT CATALOG should be very efficient to be produced in csv format as well. Having all the information in one line per entry, a system programmer can extract easier the provided information. Kid regards Konstantinos
    8 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Functionality already exists

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